Historical Events In September - 20

1959  On this day in history olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63   

1960  On this day in history uN General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations)   

1960  Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67 on September - 20.   

1962  On September - 20 james Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its first black   

1964  On September - 20 paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles and Steve and Eydie   

1966  On September - 20 uS Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23   

1967  On this day in history hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38   

1967  On September - 20 queen Elizabeth II (aka QE2) launched   

1967  Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1968  On September - 20 mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536   

1968  On September - 20 frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

1970  On this day in history luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample   

1971  James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1972  Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney's farm on September - 20.   

1973  On this day in history billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match   

1973  Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies on this day in history.   

1974  On September - 20 carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61   

1975  Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women on September - 20.   

1976  On September - 20 sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion   

1976  On this day in history johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83   

1977  Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor Bokassa I   

1979  On September - 20 ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83   

1984  Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut on September - 20.   

1984  Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1985  Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players on this day in history.   

1985  Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest on September - 20.   

1987  On September - 20 michael Stewart   

1988  On this day in history roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54   

1990  Both Germanys ratify reunification on September - 20.   

1990  Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message on September - 20.   

1990  On September - 20 jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65   

1992  On this day in history k W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies   

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1486  On September - 20 birth of arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502)   

1593  On this day in history birth of gottfried Scheidt, composer   

1599  On this day in history birth of christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)   

1653  On this day in history birth of benedict Schultheiss, composer   

1663  On this day in history birth of pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer   

1665  Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer was born on September - 20.   

1706  Franz Habermann, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history birth of giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)   

1168  On September - 20 paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies   

1246  Death of Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev on September - 20.   

1384  Death of Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne on September - 20.   

1460  Death of Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer on September - 20.   

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on September - 20.   

1586  On September - 20 death of anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24   

1590  On September - 20 death of lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)   

1613  On September - 20 willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies